Lester Holt Net worth, Salary, Wife, Children, Wiki and Height

Lester Holt (nickname: Iron Pants) is a popular TV anchor and Journalist who hosts NBC Nightly News weekday edition. He is also known for anchoring in Dateline NBC. Recently, he is remembered mostly as the moderator of first presidential debate that was hold between candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Bio

According to Lester Holt bio, he was born on 8th March 1959 as Lester Don Holt Jr. in Marin County of California thus Lester Holt Nationality is American. Lester Holt parents were Lester Don Holt Sr. and June DeRozario. He has got Half English and Half Indian ethnicity.

Career

After completing his school level education from Cordova High School, he joined California State University to study Government but he left his study without receiving graduation. He started his career as a Disc Jockey. Later, he joined CBS in 1981 and worked there till 2000. Holt joined MSNBC in 2000 where he served for 3 years before shifting to NBC News in 2003. It seems he has finally found something to put an end to his search as he has been with NBC News ever since.

Lester Holt Family- Wife and Children (Son and Daughter)

Lester is currently living in his lavish house in Manhattan, New York with his family. Lester Holt is a married man. Lester Holt wife is Carol Hagen with whom he got married in 1982. Together, they have got two children, one son and one daughter. The son is named

Stefan Holt while the daughter is named Cameron Holt. Since Lester Holt is married to a woman, it is obvious that the Lester Holt gay rumour is false. Both children of Lester Holt has been fully grown up. His son Stefan is working in WNBC.

Salary and Net worth

If you are wondering how much does lester holt make, Lester Holt salary is $ 4.5 million dollar per year which is almost the half of his predecessor Brian Williams. So, it is said that Lester demanded an increase in salary so that his earning will be at least $10 million. His logic was that he should at least get what Brian used to receive as he has replaced Brian in same capacity. It is not known if Lester Holt salary was increased. Lester Holt net worth is around $12 million dollars.

Height

If you are wondering how tall is Lester Holt, his height is 6 feet 2 inch which is equal to 1.87m. His weight matches with his height which is why he looks heavily built. He loves playing guitar.He has gone through the process of drastic weight loss. Holt losing weight was a hot topic on the media. One can find Holt very active in social media. He is available on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. One can check out his bio on IMDB and Wikipedia to get more information about him. Get more on Lester Holt wiki from sites like wikipedia.